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In the Southern colonies, climatic conditions were conducive to the cultivation of crops that found lucrative markets in Europein the low country of South Carolina and Coastal Georgia, carly colonists discovered that conditions were favorable for the cultivation of rice. As a result, rice was grown mainly on relatively large plantations, and colonists in coastal South Carolina and Georgia relied heavily on slave labor to provide an adequate work force.... The climate of the northern colonies more closely resembled that of northwest Europe, limiting export opportunitiesPennsylvania , New Jersey and New York nonetheless supported the development of small farms raising livestock and growing wheat and other grains. Flour produced in the region found markets in Southern Europe and the West Indies... Reflecting the greater complexity of regional trading relationships, the northern colonies developed dense and relatively sophisticated merchant communities that helped to organize and finance regional and international trade and provide shipping servicesBy the late colonial period , Boston, New York and Philadelphia had become bustling urban centers. The largest, Philadelphia had over 30,000 residents in 1775, while New York had 25,000 and Boston 16,000. In comparison, Charleston, the only significant urban center in the South had a population of just 12,000 Source: Joshua Rosenbloom, " The Colonial American Economy( 2018) Economics Working Papers Department of Economics, State University

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